The Presidency, on Thursday has denied approving any pay raise for public office holders.
The statement also claimed that President Bola Tinubu has not even had the proposal put in for consideration.
In a statement titled “No presidential approval for salary increase for political office holders and judicial officers,” the Special Adviser to the President on Special Duties, Communication, and Strategy, Dele Alake, emphasized that no proposal for a salary increase had been presented to President Tinubu.
The statement clarified, “We state, without any equivocation, that President Bola Tinubu has not approved any salary increase, and no such proposal has been brought before him for consideration.”
The statement also addressed the reports circulating about the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation, and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC approving a 114 percent pay hike for the President, Vice President, elected federal and state political office holders, as well as judicial officers.
Alake acknowledged that the RMAFC has the constitutional authority to propose and determine pay rise and allowances for political office holders and judicial officers.
He however emphasized that the approval from the President is necessary for such proposals to come into effect.
“While we recognize that it is within the constitutional remit of the RMAFC to propose and fix salaries and allowances of political office holders and judicial officers, such cannot come to effect until it has equally been considered and approved by the President, ” Alake said.
The Presidency also claimed that the RMAFC had refuted the circulating story. They alleged that the narrative was fabricated with the intention to generate animosity towards the new administration and impede the positive momentum and widespread support that the Tinubu-led administration currently enjoys due to its proactive, dynamic, and progressive policies.
